Tobacco can



J. A. BUREN March 18 v1924.-

TOBACCO CAN Filed April 9, 1923 atented Mar. 18, 192%.

MES A JAMES A. BUREN, F TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

TOBACCO CAN.

Application filed April 9, 1928. Serial No. 630,890.

To all whom z't may concern.' Be it known that I, JAMES A. BREN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Tacoma, in the county ofPierce and State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tobacco Cans; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertainsl to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in tobacco cans and has for itsobject to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive means wherebya'vertically adjustable bottom for the can may be held in any positionto which it is moved, as. the contents of the box are used.

With the foregoing in View, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter herelnafter described and claimed, the description beingsupplemented by the accompanying drawing. y t

igure 1 1s a vertical sectlonal vlew of a tobacco can constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an edge elevation partly 1n vertical section.-

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view as indicated by line 3--3 ofFig. 1.

Figure 4 isan enlarged vertical section on line .4 4 of Fig. 3.

Figure 5 isan end elevation of the adjustable bottom.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates anupri ht continuous side wall having the usua or any preferred cover 2,the edge portions of th1s wallbeing stamped" outwardly at intervals to4o provide them with series or vertically spaced -convolutions forminginternal recesses 3. A sheet metal bottom 4 is received within the walll and has its edge portion bent downwardly to form a vertlcal flan e 5which contacts slidably with said wa l.

The portions of the fiange 5 at opposite ends of the bottom 4, areformed with opposed airs of vertical slits 6 cut upwardly rom the loweredge of said flange and which preferably extend somewhat into the endsof the bottom proper, the metal 7 between the pairs of slits 6, beingoutwardly bowedA to form resilient tongues 7 for engagement with theinternal recesses 3, thereby holding the bottom 4c in any position towhich it may be adjusted. It w1ll be obvious that as the bottom is movedupwardly, the tongues 7 will spring inwardly and, will snap under theirown resiliency, into engagement with the next set of recesses.

By the use of the invention, it twill be seen that as the contents ofthe can are used,

the bottom and the usual oiled aper sack which contains the tobacco,within the wall 1, may be raised, giving easy access to the tobacco forloosening it with the linger.

As excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, thesedetails are preferably'followed, but within the scope of the inventionas claimed, minor chan es may of course be made and it is obvious't 'atmy invention is not restricted to use upon tobacco cans, as containersof other characters may be constructed Ain accordance therewith. V

I claim: I

A container having in its walls opposed vertically dis osed convolutionsforming spaced interna recesses, a bottom arranged for vertical slidingmovement in said container, said bottom having a downwardly projectingange provided with oppositely isposed parallel slits extending upwardlyfrom the lower edge of the flange and into said bottom, and tonguesformed by bending'the metal between said parallel slits, outwardly andthen inwardly` for close resilient engagement with the' recesses formedby the JAMES A. BUREN.

